In 1 Chronicles 13:9, the oxen stumble and Uzza touches the ark – the immediate consequence of the cart transport.

1 Chronicles 15:2 corrects the error: only Levites may carry the ark, contrasting with the cart method used here.

1 Chronicles 15:13 explains that God broke out because they did not seek him according to the rule – the cart was not the proper way.

Numbers 4:15 instructs only Kohathites to carry the ark on poles – they used a cart instead, leading to Uzza's death.

1 Samuel 6:7 shows the Philistines using a new cart for the ark – David's men adopted the same pagan method.

2 Samuel 6:3 is the parallel account: setting the ark on a new cart from Abinadab's house.

2 Samuel 6:4 parallels this exactly—the same cart and drivers—offering a parallel account of the same event.

1 Samuel 7:1 records the ark being brought to Abinadab's house – David retrieves it from there in 1 Chronicles 13:7.

In 1 Samuel 6:11, the Philistines also place the ark on a new cart—showing a parallel method of transport, though with different intent.